From @dmcordell: "Fantastic - I love Steampunk!" "I love the time travel, Victorian/sci fi aspect of Steampunk. Have you read the YA novel, Leviathan?" "A personal favorite work of literature is Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy (Golden Compass). Many steampunk elements." "Steampunk reminds me of both the old Flash Gordon films I saw on TV in my youth and the classic novels of Jules Verne."